Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The salary that was agreed on was a salary for the post. In filling the post, the decision was made to hold an open competition. When there is an open competition, the Minister no longer has control of the outcome. He or she must trust, quite rightly in my view, the integrity, competence and professionalism of the people involved in the selection process. We are fortunate to have really good people serving on TLAC. They are given a mandate and they go about their work. They went about their work, narrowed down the applicants, interviewed a range of candidates and made a recommendation to the Minister for Health. That was the outcome-----
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